Anatomy & Physiology
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Author: Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble
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Chapter 18, Problem 16RQ
The process by which leukocytes squeeze through adjacent cells in a blood vessel wall is called ________.
- leukocytosis
- positive
chemotaxis - emigration
- cytoplasmic extending
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